Two fourth-stage humanoid beings descended from the sky like two war gods and immediately joined the battlefield.
Not only Lu Yu, but even people like Luo Mo and Ming Zun were no exception.
Originally, one person could have a slight chance of winning against one or even two opponents at the fourth level.
But when the number of enemies doubled, not a single one could endure.
They were originally at a disadvantage in terms of strength, but by relying on their unique abilities, and even their star souls, they could temporarily remain undefeated.
However, when more fourth-stage humanoids joined the fight, they were suppressed.
Luo Mo was struck so hard that he spat out blood immediately, his appearance turning as grotesque as a demon.
Stars around the Lord of the Netherworld exploded one by one, as several fourth-stage humanoid beings began closing in on him.
“Kill.”
In the sky, a demon roared furiously, unleashing an overwhelmingly powerful pressure directly at two four-star black wolves.
Tens of thousands of demons burst into cheers.
This is the king’s guard, a warrior who can rival King Zun himself.
Even though his power has greatly diminished now, he still carries that invincible majesty of a supreme ruler over heaven and earth.
Boom.
At the same time, Lu Yu was thrown backward by the shockwave.
Even holding a half-star artifact, he could not unleash its greatest power and was utterly unable to withstand the endless assaults of his enemies.
The giant snake laughed maniacally, shaking its body as it lunged towards Lu Yu. At the same time, the ape demon and the grotesque-mouthed man also attacked from two other directions, attempting to flank Lu Yu.
Humans have all been driven into the ruins, crowded together in tight spaces.
Many people felt desperate, as they were no match for the opponent at all.
The third-stage humanoids had already forced them into a position where they could no longer fight back. With the fourth-stage humanoids also exerting suppression, nearly thirty thousand humans had already perished.
They then realized how ridiculous they had been.
This battle is unwinnable from the start.
A strange-mouthed person laughed maniacally while shaking the corpse in his hand, which was missing half of its body. He sneered, “Humans, do you really think you are the masters of this world? Let me tell you, we are the true masters.”
“Here, you have no other qualification except to be slaves.”
“Haha, giving up surrender and starting a war—you will always be the most arrogant group of fools.”
“Fifteen thousand humans, I thought you were truly powerful. But in the end—you’ve disappointed me greatly.”
The humanoid race had already trapped all of humanity within the ruins of the royal city, watching as humans—entirely incapable of defending themselves—huddled together while the humanoids raised triumphant cheers.
“Open your eyes wide and watch carefully. You think your trump card is powerful. But what are you compared to our leader?”
“You will watch them die, and only those who kneel and beg for mercy at that moment will be worthy of becoming slaves.”
All around were the roars of beasts and eerie howls.
Lu Yu alone was already finding it extremely difficult to face three Zun-level opponents.
However, the enemy seemed in no hurry at all. Under the combined efforts of the three supreme beings, another person actually joined in.
Even Lu Yu’s star bone was injured when the Four Great Supremes joined forces.
Qianzun’s strength was struck four times in quick succession; an ordinary person would have died long ago under such an assault.
However, Lu Yu’s bones were cracking and popping, his skin was cracking like a dried-up turtle shell, and he was spitting out large mouthfuls of blood.
Even so, it still stands tall and unshaken.
Even the four four-star humanoids couldn’t help but suck in a breath of cold air.
Lu Yu’s body was engulfed in a sea of demonic flames. The moment he began to condense the King’s Power, it had already exerted tremendous pressure upon them.
Is that bone, which was blessed by the gods and forged into a weapon, really that powerful?
The four Zhi Zuns were unwilling to accept defeat, and in the moment they struck, their attacks became even more fierce.
Boom.
Once again, they launched a joint attack, sending Lu Yu crashing into a distant mountain.
The Four Supreme Ones showed no mercy and joined forces again, their combined attack shattering mountains into pieces.
Many people watched with a chill down their spine.
Even a person would have been beaten into pulp by now, let alone being crushed further under the collapse of the mountain.
Someone saw with wide eyes the flickering lights within the mountain.
Boom—
The collapsing rocks trembled violently, each piece streaking with flames as they fell like a fiery meteor shower in all directions.
A ten-foot-tall flame giant strode forward wielding a stone sword.
The giant’s hand swept across the stone sword, igniting it with flames until it became a blazing sword of fire.
A fourth-stage Ghostmouth rushed over. The powerful gust he generated extinguished large areas of flames, and his fist pierced through the heart of the fire elemental.
Bang.
Innumerable flames erupted, engulfing the creature with the monstrous mouth.
“I inhale,” said the creature with a large mouth. With a big open, the surrounding air swirled like a vortex and was sucked into its mouth, along with the flames.
“We can not only consume star soldiers, but flames as well.”
The man with the strange mouth laughed loudly, but in an instant, his pupils constricted sharply.
The Flame Giant’s sword came crashing down.
The odd-mouthed man sucked in his chest and leaped backward.
The stone sword still swept across his chest and abdomen, slicing through his flesh and carrying away a large amount of blood.
“Die!” the creature with the grotesque mouth shrieked, its body joints cracking and popping like a madman’s.
The strange-mouthed creature lay on the ground with all four limbs, its entire body covered in hard, horn-like protrusions.
A huge tail was protruding from his coccyx area.
The person with the strange mouth transformed into a giant crocodile over three zhang long.
The crocodile has short limbs.
However, the crocodile transformed from the strange-mouthed person had long legs, moving on all fours across the ground like a gust of wind.
The giant snake’s lashing, the crocodile’s pouncing, and the ape demon transforming into a ten-zhang-tall giant ape, swinging its massive arms to create raging winds.
The Flame Giant formed by Lu Yu erupted with successive flame runes across its body. These runes transformed into a fiery shield that blocked all the attacks from the Four Supreme Beings.
However, Lu Yu could barely defend himself and was unable to launch a counterattack.
Not only him, but also Luo Mo, Ming Zun, and that beautiful woman…
Everyone is the same.
No one noticed when the Snake Demon had already climbed to the top of a mountain peak, glaring hideously at the battlefield and laughing loudly, “Everyone, what do you think? A day ago you attacked me; did you ever imagine that today it would be you who would be besieged? If you’re not convinced, kill your opponents. Let me see what qualifies you to fight against us humanoid race?”
“Snake Demon, why bother talking to these despicable humans? Kill them all, leave no one alive.” Beside the Snake Demon, an elderly snake person, so old that he could barely walk, was carried onto the mountaintop by several other snake people.
The snake demon said in surprise: “Ancestor, it’s a pity to kill so many people. Wouldn’t it be better to capture them and make them slaves?”
The old serpent man sneered, “Humans reproduce at an astonishing rate. If you don’t kill them now, in ten years there might be another hundred thousand, or even a million more humans. If you leave these people alive, they will become a disaster. I came here today solely to kill humans. Otherwise, why would you invite me here?”
Upon hearing this, the snake demon looked down at the humans with a hideous expression and sneered, “Indeed! These humans are all deserving of death, not a single one should be spared.”
“What are we waiting for? Let’s get started.” The old serpent man let out a strange, cackling laugh, “Hehehe.”
The old serpent man now held an additional section of serpent bone in his hand.
This is the skull of a snake that is at least twenty feet long. The skull is about the size of a human head, and within its hollow eye sockets, two eerie green lights are flickering.
The old snake man raised the snake’s skull high above his head with both hands, and suddenly emitted a fierce and chilling violent aura that sent shivers down people’s spines, rushing towards the battlefield.
Boom.
In the snake’s eyes, two ghastly green beams of light shot out in thousands of rays, converging towards the center of the ruined royal city.
“Stop him,” Lord Ming suddenly shouted. “Don’t let him activate that head.”
Hum.
Luo Mo, despite taking two palm strikes to his back, lunged fiercely toward the old serpent man.
“Get out of here!” The old serpent man trembled all over, releasing a terrifying aura as he roared.
Luo Mo’s body shook violently as he was hit by the sonic wave from the old serpent man, spitting out a large mouthful of blood while staggering backward.
“My God, this is the power of the Eighth Thousand Sovereign, the strength of the Eighth Thousand Sovereign!” the human cried out in despair.
How can we possibly stand a chance against them now? They even have a Sovereign with a strength of eight thousand!
As long as this old serpent man is willing to act, he alone could crush them all with just a single finger.
At this moment, the humanoid faction erupted into thunderous cheers, excitedly and eagerly watching the light beam shooting across the battlefield.
Luo Mo spat blood from his mouth and shouted fiercely, “Lu Yu, what are you waiting for? If that old man activates the snake bone, we’re all going to die.”
Luo Mo shouted loudly as the first beam of light swept over at that moment.
These beams of light swept across the humanoid figures, as gentle as a woman’s delicate hand gliding softly over them.
But when these beams swept over humans, each beam of light claimed a life.
Tens of thousands of people turned into ashes in an instant, leaving not even a trace of bones or flesh behind.
“Oh.”
The demon, rivaling Wang Zun in power, lunged toward the old serpent man. He seemed to be employing some secret technique, his strength surging continuously, yet his skin began to wither and dry up.
The old serpent man roared, “Get out.”
Even the demon was sent flying backward, spitting out large mouthfuls of blood.
This is too horrifying.
How could this old serpent person be so powerful!
Eight Thousand Honored Ones, this is the power of the Eight Thousand Honored Ones.
Many people whose fighting spirit had not yet been extinguished now feel completely hopeless.
This is not a war; it’s a massacre.
The second round of light swept across once more, turning tens of thousands into ashes again.
The arm of Ace, who held a saber but whose origin was unknown, was shattered by a beam of light.
The giant man let out a muffled grunt and staggered backward, the only one to survive in the glow of the light.
The aces of various factions simultaneously abandoned their enemies, enduring heavy blows if necessary, all to take down the old serpent man.
Eight thousand statues are terrifying.
However, death is even more terrifying!
More than ten people acted together, including Lu Yu—
The old serpent man didn’t even flinch. From his aged eyes, two beams of frigid light over a thousand zhang long simply swept outward.
Cold light swept across the crowd, and people on the earth could hear the sound of the aces of various factions having their bones shattered and tendons torn one by one.
Lu Yu looked at the snake’s head in horror.
After two consecutive rounds of slaughter that claimed nearly twenty thousand lives, the snake’s skull actually seemed to come alive, with a long section of snake body growing from behind the skull.
As Luo Mo landed, he gritted his teeth and said, “Stop hiding, all of you! If you keep hiding, you’ll all die. This is the skull of the Snake King, which has long become a Star Artifact. This damn thing is a Star Artifact. Once it is revived through mass slaughter, no one will be able to stop it.”
“What?”
“Stellar artifact?”
“How could this be possible, a complete Star Artifact?”
Humans were in an uproar. Over a dozen experts looked at the old serpent man, then at Luo Mo.
Luo Mo gritted his teeth and said, “It’s not complete, but it’s still far more powerful than the half-star artifact in Lu Yu’s hands. After another round, the Snake King will revive. Although the duration won’t be long, it will be more than enough to kill everyone.”
“Star artifact, this is a star artifact, but it’s still incomplete?”
When Luo Mo spoke, it was as if he were reminding humanity of the terrifying power of this weapon.
On the bones of the serpent, flesh began to regenerate.
The old snake man laughed heartily and said, “Once the Snake King’s will awakens, none of you will survive; you will all die.”
The monstrous snake pointed menacingly at Lu Yu and said, “Ancestor, kill everyone else, but leave Lu Yu to me. I will use his bones to build my first house.”
“Okay,” the old serpent man nodded. “Last time they used their numbers to suppress you; those humans are too despicable. But this time is different. This time, you’ll fight him one-on-one and kill him.”
Snap!
As soon as the old snake man finished speaking, a bolt of lightning struck down from the sky toward him.
In the lightning, a demonic shadow over ten zhang tall wielded a battle blade and slashed toward the snake bone.
“What?”
The old snake man’s pupils constricted sharply, and he swung his snake bone towards the battle blade in a slashing motion.
The war blade clashed with the serpent bone, sending the demon hurtling into the sky. The arm holding the blade shattered inch by inch, while jets of blood spurted from the demon’s body.
The demon fell into the ruins.
Instantly, hundreds of powerful humanoid warriors rushed forward.
Boom.
The demon swung his battle blade, the tip of the knife flashing a streak of light, splitting all the humanoid warriors into bloody rain.
At the mountaintop, the old serpent man gripped the serpent’s head with both hands, while the ground beneath his feet began to crack and crumble with a rumbling sound.
The old snake man’s mouth was also bleeding, and his arms were covered in blood.
The flesh and even the newly formed snake bones on the serpent’s head were inching into cracks, disintegrating and merging into the void.
A ten-zhang-tall demon stood up, gripping in his hand a battle blade nearly eight zhang long, and stared coldly at the old serpent man. “I knew it,” he said in a chilling voice. “You humanoid races always want to establish dominance by taking our lives. You’ve even brought out your Star Artifacts. The serpent race truly doesn’t know how to show gratitude. Every time there’s a major battle, your Star Artifacts suffer some damage. If you want to completely destroy this Star Artifact, I’ll gladly oblige.”
The demon’s voice was thunderous, rolling like mighty waves that swept across the heavens and earth.
Tens of thousands of demons first froze in surprise, then knelt down in unison, shouting loudly, “Hail our King!”
“Hail to our King!”
…
An innumerable chorus of voices gathered, transforming into a deafening thunderclap that exploded across the sky, instantly halting the battlefield.
Some demons cheered, while others wept bitterly.
This is their true king.
Qin Hai has already completed the first transformation and now possesses the power of a king.
The demon is Qin Hai, the King of Hell himself.
The aura emanating from Qin Hai wasn’t particularly strong yet, certainly not surpassing that of a thousand zuns. Each flame of devilish energy on him was composed of countless tiny magical runes.
The rocks and bones on the ground were tainted by the demonic flames, as if they were about to be set ablaze.
The war blade in Qin Hai’s hand was no ordinary weapon; it bore no stardust on its surface, but instead exuded an ancient, unadorned aura.
The weapon was covered in countless cracks, as if it might shatter at any moment.
Yet when each person looked at that weapon, it was not like looking at a mere weapon; it was as if they were gazing at a star.
It was as if a star were hanging right above, so close yet unattainable, bringing a suffocating and oppressive sensation like the end of the world, leaving one paralyzed and unable to move.
“This is… this is also a Star Artifact!” The humanoid warriors also widened their eyes in shock.
This time, the Elder Snake Person brought a star artifact designed to demonstrate its immense power, delivering the strongest possible shock to humanity through slaughter, thereby suppressing any resistance from humans.
But they never expected that there would also be star artifacts among humans.
When the two Star Artifacts appeared simultaneously, both sides fell into silence.
The old snake man held up the snake’s head and glared at the blade with a sinister voice, saying, “I never expected to see a Star Artifact here as well. It seems these despicable humans truly came prepared. If I hadn’t brought my own Star Artifact, today’s casualties would have been us instead of you.”
“Old man, you talk too much. If I had already regained my peak strength, I could take you all down without even using a star artifact. Eight thousand… Hmph, I only need one finger.”
Qin Hai was extremely arrogant.
In this world, only he dares to say such words.
“Since you also have a star artifact, it seems neither of us can afford to use them,” the old serpent person said, putting away his star artifact. He coldly continued, “If we were to fight on using star artifacts, no one else here would survive except the two of us. You might not value your own life, but I don’t want my people to die.”
“Very well,” Qin Hai nodded and said, “Since that’s the case, then no one should use their star artifacts.”
The old serpent man nodded in agreement.
Many humans expressed regret, thinking they would witness an intense battle.
But now it’s found to be impossible to see at all.
Because neither of them had any intention of using their star artifacts.
Xingqi, this is the most powerful weapon that surpasses even Xingbing and semi-Xingqi, always remaining a legend.
Today, I didn’t just see one thing, but actually two in a row. Such opportunities are quite rare.
On the human side, the star artifact actually belonged to Qin Hai. This King of Hell was originally a demon, and now possessing a star artifact, he also occupies a nation.
Everything is complete.
As long as this battle drives back the humanoid race, even a draw would elevate his prestige to a level unmatched by anyone.
At that time, there would absolutely be people seeking refuge, people submitting to authority, and even entire nations.
Qin Hai’s power will expand infinitely, perhaps eventually ruling the entire world.
Many factions couldn’t help but feel a tremor in their hearts, sensing an impending crisis.
The old serpent man first looked at Qin Hai, then at Lu Yu, nodding his head and saying, “Indeed, very impressive. Humans are truly a savage race that never ceases their conflict until death. With two王者-level existences in a single era, do you intend to fight until death to settle your rivalry?”
“It’s none of your business whether we fight or not,” Qin Hai said coldly. “Now that we’ve already started fighting, there’s no need for more talk. Will you continue fighting or not?”
“Fight? Why not fight?” the snake demon said coldly. “You ambushed me. Do you really think this matter is over?”
The old serpent man also said, “The humanoid race keeps its promises; if they say they will fight, they certainly will. But I think if war breaks out again, you will die whether you use a star artifact or not. And if you use a star artifact, I will use one too, which brings us back to the previous problem. Since that’s the case, why not change tactics and let the gods bear witness?”
When the old serpent man spoke of the word “deity,” his expression was filled with reverence and gratitude.
“What’s your plan for the fight?” Lu Yu frowned, sensing the danger ahead.
“We currently have sixty of the strongest warriors on our side, and we will send these sixty into battle. Your side will also send your sixty strongest warriors. Each victory counts as one point, and the side with the most points wins the battlefield. If we lose, we will immediately retreat back to our respective cities, and we will no longer demand the condition of enslaving humanity. However, conflicts will continue in the future. If you lose, as long as you remain on this plain, you will become our slaves.”
“Hiss.”
The old serpent man’s words made all the humans inhale sharply.
The strongest sixty enemies are likely all at the fourth stage, each possessing the power of fifteen hundred experts.
On the human side, the strongest group consists of only eleven members. This isn’t a battle of eleven against sixty—how can the remaining people be found?
It’s basically a death trap for others to go out there—it’s just handing out points to the enemy.
Such a battle was fundamentally unfair.
The old serpent man, disregarding the angry gazes of the humans, raised both hands high above his head and then knelt down in devout worship toward the sky, saying, “Revered deity, we humbly beg for your descent and implore you to restore our right to a fair battle.”
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